I am blind without sonar

No matter the depth, sonar is a must even if only to find small fish in the area. I was out yesterday in the middle of the lake traveling to my next spot and there it was: a school of fish in the middle of no where in 10'. Stopped the boat, cast my jig and caught a few. There were fish in shallow water first indicated by fish in deeper nearby water indicated fish vis sonar. Sure enough, I hit a school of panfish and caught 2 doz.

The unit doesn't have to be fancy. It just needs to show bottom hardness, bottom weeds if any and any fish in the water column.

When it comes to fishing is zero structure water, a buoy float makes sense to be able to stay and cast where the fish are. A wind will take the boat and the fish are lost.

Yes sir... fishing where they ain't is frequently counter productive [emoji846]

Sent from my SM-G960U using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

Knowing how to read it certainly helps find fish

When I purchased my first kayak I purchased a cheap fish finder online from Amazon. Simple, easy to use and very basic. Depth, temp and structure in water all it showed. I sure caught a bunch of fish using it. Good portion of them because of the fish finder.

with the simplest of ok graphs now a days , one can use a 100 job and whip the you know out of some fish with it ,once you understand the basics of it ....
i like demo mode , fisheez on screen and alarm , cant pass a fish without knowing about it ....just saying
water temp
depth
bottom contour
cover
simple stuff , if you can put them all together and use em when and where , it is on for sure ...:highfive